To be honest mate i haven't really put much thought into it, there seems to be a new crop of managers that like to play the passing game. I just don't like moyes's preferred style of football, some of our football for a few games at the start of the season was fantastic but i knew we would slip back to the long ball because thats the style moyes likes. He even admits to it in an interview saying he isnt into passing the ball around in our own half or something like that. I was sat near someone on saturday who was constantly screaming at mucha to go long, each to their own i suppose.
Its impossible to answer your second question.